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Huge display of drones and fireworks together coming to Osaka this June

• Master Blaster
  May 13, 2026
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You got your drones in my fireworks! You got your fireworks in my drones!

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• Japan
• (drones • events • Fire Brand • fireworks • Inakako Fireworks • Kato Fireworks • Katsuragi Fireworks • Maishima Sports Island • Osaka • Osaka Bay Skylumina • Red Cliff • shows)

Japanese city to deploy anti-bear drones against ursine adversaries, stages adorable demo【Vid】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 21, 2026

Repellant spray demonstration target considerably less threatening than actual bears.

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• Japan
• (animal attacks • animals • bear attacks • bears • crazy • cute • drones • nature • technology • video • weird)

Giant Disney characters appear in the night sky of Japan’s Tochigi Prefecture【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 5, 2025

Disney’s Magic in the Air show partners with Ashikaga summer fireworks festival.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • Disney • drone shows • drones • fireworks • fireworks festicals • Little Mermaid • Mickey Mouse • SNJO)

Final Fantasy XIV fireworks show celebrates 10 years with 14,000 fireworks, drone art, and music

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 1, 2023

Second performance of video game’s 10th anniversary celebration is scheduled for this fall.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • drone art • drone show • drones • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy XIV • fireworks • Square Enix • video games)

Giant life-size Alolan Exeggutor Pokémon appears at Pokémon World Championships in Japan【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 15, 2023

Tropical variant, first seen in Pokémon Sun and Moon, stands tall in Yokohama.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • awesome • COK • cool • cute • drones • Mark Is • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon Sun and Moon • Pokémon World Championships • Pokémon World Championships 2023 • SNO • technology • video • video games • Yokohama)

Giant Pokémon appear in Yokohama sky in awesome drone art show at World Championships【Pics, vids】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 14, 2023

Pikachu and Poké-pals featured in amazing, adorable aerial display over Yokohama harbor.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • awesome • COK • cool • cute • drones • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon World Championships • Pokémon World Championships 2023 • SNO • technology • video • video games)

Fly-through video of Sailor Moon Museum exhibit shows what’s waiting for fans in Tokyo【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 29, 2022

Exhibit enters its second phase, which will still be open when Japan reopens to international tourism.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • cool • drones • exhibition • manga • museums • Naoko Takeuchi • Roppongi Museum • Sailor Moon • Sailor Moon Museum • video)

Drunk droning arrest first of its kind in Aichi Prefecture

• Master Blaster
  Jul 19, 2021

Friends don’t let friends fly tiny helicopters drunk.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • alcohol • crime • drones • drunk droning • law • Toyota City)

Flying beef bowls?!? Yoshinoya completes drone delivery of its signature gyudon【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 11, 2021

Medical workers get to enjoy a hot Yoshinoya lunch without leaving their hospital.

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• Japan
• (beef bowls • COK • cool • drones • food • gyudon • video • Yoshinoya)

Through the eyes of a ninja – Thrilling drone video recreates shinobi raid at historical temple

• Krista Rogers
  Apr 20, 2020

Ninja and samurai duel inside the centuries-old “Temple of the Shogun” in Aichi Prefecture.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • awesome • cool • Daijuji • drones • history • Ninja • Okazaki • samurai • temples • Tokugawa • video)

Kyoto temple goes modern with Techno Memorial combining music and lights with Buddhist Festival

• Dale Roll
  Nov 21, 2018

And you probably thought Buddhism was a boring religion, didn’t you?

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• Japan
• (Buddhism • culture • drones • idol singers • Idols • Kyoto • Pure Land Buddhism • religion • religion in Japan • techno music • temples)

Japanese companies want to monitor employees working overtime using in-office flying drones

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 9, 2017

Developers say it’s a great way to improve employee health.

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• Japan
• (crazy • drones • NTT • overtime • technology • weird)

Burgeoning art of aerial ramen photography making a splash, rarely literally

• Master Blaster
  Apr 15, 2017

A new trend is treating us to vistas of soup rarely seen by humans, whether we like it or not.

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• Japan
• (dorosha • drones • food • photography • photos • ramen • weird)

Onsen town’s 4K video has visitors lining up around the virtual block【Video】

• KK Miller
  Jan 29, 2017

Nothing sells the relaxing, hot water of Kusatsu like thousands of pixels.

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• Japan
• (4K • beautiful • drones • Kusatsu • nature • onsen • video)

Japanese couple capture their 400-day honeymoon around the world with spectacular drone footage

• Oona McGee
  Dec 26, 2016

This beautiful video is so uplifting it will bring tears to your eyes.

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• Japan
• (drones • dronies • honeymoon • love • marriage • photography • travel • video)

Japan’s first drone high school course to begin next year, teaches piloting, law, and more

• Master Blaster
  Aug 5, 2016

Vantan High School tries to get ahead of the increasing use of drones and robotics in industry and may have become the coolest high school in Japan as a result.

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• Japan
• (drones • education • high school • Vantan)

Awesome “Poké-drone” video shows how to catch the monsters in Pokémon Go from the air【Video】

• Corey Gold
  Jul 17, 2016

As if flying a drone around isn’t cool enough, imagine flying a drone that helps you catch the Pokémon in Pokémon GO that you couldn’t otherwise reach.

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• Japan
• (drones • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • technology • video • video games)

Japan’s better farming through precision drone strikes

• Master Blaster
  Jun 17, 2016

A team in Saga prefecture has successfully developed Agridrone, which will seek out and terminate pests with extreme prejudice.

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• Games & Tech, Japan, Lifestyle, News
• (agriculture • Agridrone • drones • farming • OPTiM • Saga Prefecture)

Watch over 20 drones dance in unison with a trio of shamisen players in front of Fuji【Video】

• Preston Phro
  Apr 30, 2016

Synchronized blinking drones, Mt. Fuji, and tsugaru-jamisen make for one of the most gorgeous videos we’ve ever seen!

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• Entertainment, Japan
• (drone • drones • Mt. Fuji • music • shamisen • video)

Stunning video, “In Japan”, captures breathtaking moments from around the country【Video】

• KK Miller
  Mar 31, 2016

High quality cinematography and stunning drone shots combine for some beautiful artistry.

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• Internet, Japan
• (beautiful • cinematography • drones • In Japan • videos • Vincent Urban)

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